Local Retail and Social Notes Spur Busy Francesville
Jones promotes fresh roasted peanuts at Jones headquarters and Clark's Grocery advertises flour and telephone orders. Francesville residents Philip Rohman, Mrs. Hayworth, Gladys Clark, Miss Adria Hayworth, and others are noted in town visits, with numerous ads for Star Store and Grieger's Cash Store offering groceries, corsets, olives, raisins, and seeds. A new restaurant opens by Nolan Brothers. political mentions include county Democrat editor Schott and Educational Day speakers Thomas W Marshall and James B. Watson.
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Jones
Grieger’s
Clark’s Grocery
Star Store
Newman Mitchell
Lafayette
Planta
J. A Enyl
Mallon
Otto Brown
Gary
Grieger
Adria Hayworth
Adolph Bremner
Milford
J. J. Beesley
Lusitania
Porter
Porter's
C. A. Aken
Sept
J. WH. Reddick
Thomas W. Marshall
James BE. Watson
Pulaski County
Indhana
Murderer Sent to Jeffersonville Reformatory
Dan Day who killed Daisy Phillips at Rensselaer while intoxicated was sentenced Thursday night to 2 to 21 years in the Jeffersonville Reformatory. He was taken to the institution Monday by Sheriff O Connor.
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Dan Day
Daisy Phillips
Rensselaer
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Sheriff O'Connor
Abdication of French Dowagers in Parisian Society
In Parisian society the French embrace aging with practical frankness. Old dowagers shed vanity for comfort, adopting plain dress and a bold voice, while the family still respects the grandmother at the head of the table and the final word remains hers.
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Faubourg
London
The Captain's Plan For Seasickness
A traveler seeks seasickness remedies from a ship captain. He advises fresh air, deck walking, and staying positive, and the passenger fares well during a northwest gale. The captain later is said to be seasick himself, delaying a private interview. Saluting the quarter deck is an ancient naval tradition.
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Europe
Sandy Hook
Cold Night In China
A North China Herald account recalls a frigid Newchwang winter when thirty five men were found frozen to death after leaving opium dens. The night had plunged below zero and the ice claimed many sleepers by morning.
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China
Newchwang
North China Herald
Why He Mourned
A brief humorous anecdote from Everybody's Magazine recounts Mike O Flannaigan arriving home with black crape around his hat and telling his wife he wears it for her first husband, noting politely that he is sorry he is dead.
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O’flannaigan
Mike
Everybody’s Magazine
What Piety Is in Hygiene Discussion
In a medical society discussion a speaker illustrated hygiene remarks by stating that many men think they are pious when they are only bilious. The remark was cited from the New York Press as an illustrative quip.
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New York Press
Wonders of Water and Its Deep Mixing With Matter
The article extols water's mingling with solids and living beings, noting everyday examples from plaster statues to air and food. It cites measurements such as water content in potatoes and turnips, a hydraulic press example, plant sap as a fluid pump, and how water moves through crops and timber in France.
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France
There He Is The Grandfather Sees The Prayer Moment
A child prays at his grandfather's house and points to the elder saying there he is when the boy blesses grandma and grandpa. A second vignette quotes a schoolmaster’s essay that a pupil wishes to be a horse driver to sit idle and be paid weekly for a quiet Sunday.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Philadelphia Inquirer
Kansas City
Long Honeymoon Promise Prompts Family Snub
A couple returns from a honeymoon to hear that the wife's father promised a snug sum of money soon after their return. The quotation hints at vanity and the two lives led by a man are judged by the worst in him, echoed by a Chinese proverb.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Ledger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones’ Bakery
S. AK. Joneses
Oxfords
Vici
T. W. Kelsey
State Bank Block
Clark’s
Adere
Higgine and Co's
William Porter
Rennselaer
Higgine and Co
Philip Rohman
Medarvvlle
John R. Hayworth
Manon
Star
Fred Smallfelt
Francesville
Ind
Burger’s
C. H Kruger
Buarget & Sons
Gladys Clark
Columbus
Clark
John Hudgens
Myrtle
C. H. Kruger
Kopka & Grock
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary Molitor
Valparaiso
Borger & Sons
Jdohn Ale
Peston
Mino Nellie Wool
John McCann
Lafassette
Mieses Stella
Amy Reich
Monticelli
W. J. Hubbard
John Clark
Winaniac
Star City
Barger and Sons
John Mallon
Chicago
WC. Calvert
Nolan Brothers
Kopka Block
J. F. Ale
Boswell
White Post Township
Schott
Medaryville Advertiser
John H. Moody
Commercial Hotel
Bert Spangler
L. W
H. W. McDowell
Winamac
Indiana
Los Angeles Times
J. W. Burger & Sons
Canada
North Dakota
Michigan
Northwest
William C Myers Land Company
Francesville, Indiana
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